"White pomfret? It's quite valuable."
"It's alright, the big one is 2.8 yuan, and the small one is 2 yuan."
As Feng Ye spoke, he took out the money, counted out 900, and handed it to Du Guilan: "This is my brother's share, sister-in-law, please keep it."
It was supposed to be 899 yuan, but he didn't care about the extra yuan and gave Ah-Can 900 yuan instead.
Du Guilan happily took the money, counted it once, and then ran into the house and locked it.
Feng Ye handed the remaining 1796 yuan to Ye Qingling: "Here's the money, I'm going to take a shower."
I was covered in sweat, feeling sticky and uncomfortable. Taking a shower and changing my clothes made me feel much better.
After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, I returned to the main room to find that the workers had already finished eating and gone to rest.
Xiao Chunxiu, Ye Qingling, and Du Guilan then sat down at the table and ate the leftovers.
As for the three little ones, they had already finished eating and were chasing and playing in the yard, throwing fish all over the yard, having a great time.
After quickly finishing their meal, everyone took out cleavers and cutting boards and began to gut the fish.
Feng Ye brought out a low stool from the main room and came out to help.
There are many types of fish, and the methods of processing them are not all the same.
For most types of fish, drying them involves simply removing the internal organs and gills, cleaning them, and then salting them for a period of time.
However, some fish need to have their heads removed, and for fish like filefish, as the name suggests, the skin needs to be peeled off.
The scientific name for filefish is Greenfin Filefish, also known as filefish, and in various regions it is also called filefish, rubber fish, breadfish, etc.
The salted fish used in the Cantonese dish of salted fish and eggplant casserole is actually skinned dried fish.
I can eat three bowls of rice with this dish.
The preparation of mackerel is even more complicated. Not only do you have to remove the head, gills, and internal organs, but you also have to go through an additional steaming or boiling process.
In some places, dried mackerel is called "cooked fish," perhaps because it has been steamed.
"Balangyu" is a common name; its scientific name is *Carangoichthys spp.*, which belongs to the order Perciformes and the family Carangidae.
They are not very big; adult mackerel can grow to about 30 to 40 centimeters long, and their weight is generally between a few ounces and two pounds.
Of course, it's possible that some might be extremely large.
In most cases, people believe that wild animals are more expensive than farmed ones.
However, the situation is quite the opposite for mackerel; farmed mackerel are more expensive and taste better than wild ones.
Note that stale mackerel is poisonous.
Mackerel has a high histamine content. If the fish is not fresh or has been stored for too long, the histamine in the fish meat will decompose into histamine, which often causes allergic food poisoning after consumption.
Symptoms include facial and upper body flushing, sometimes accompanied by urticaria and severe headache. Some patients may also experience gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, or numbness in the mouth, tongue, and limbs.
Therefore, do not eat stale mackerel.
Feng Ye is currently processing mackerel, and he is using scissors.
Open the gill cover of the mackerel, cut off the head. If you can't cut it off, cut off the gills along with the belly and internal organs first, then throw it to Ye Qingling who has a knife to chop off the head.
This wasn't difficult; Feng Ye cut with practiced ease, like a ruthless machine...
Not long after they started, Aunt Ling arrived and joined the fish-killing team.
Perhaps worried that she wouldn't have enough kitchen knives, she even brought one from home.
She was the only one who came; Ah-Can was nowhere to be seen.
So, Feng Ye asked in confusion, "Auntie, why didn't A-Can come?"
"Aren't you going out to sea tomorrow? I'll let him rest at home and go to bed early."
Aunt Ling answered while skillfully handling the fish in her hands.
Feng Ye simply said "Oh" and didn't say anything more.
Ye Qingling nudged him: "You've had a long day too, and you have to go out to sea tomorrow. Why don't you go to sleep first?"
Feng Ye shook his head: "I'll help you kill some more, and then I'll go to sleep around nine o'clock."
Six hours of sleep is about enough.
Besides, he could sleep for another two hours during the voyage.
Anyway, Ah-chan's interest in sailing the boat remains undiminished, and he enjoys it immensely.
"You decide what to do. If you're tired, go to sleep early."
"Do you need to tell me that? Do you think I'm a child? Don't worry, if I want to sleep, you can't wake me up no matter what."
The two fell silent and focused on cleaning the fish.
Xiao Chunxiu, Du Guilan, and Aunt Ling, on the other hand, kept their hands and mouths busy, chatting enthusiastically.
The topics ranged from village gossip to tomorrow's weather forecast, covering everything.
As they were chatting, the topic suddenly shifted to someone coming to their door to borrow money.
They say that recently, there have been a lot more people coming to the door.
There were people from her own family, a lot of people from her husband's family, all sorts of friends, and even relatives she had almost lost contact with suddenly appeared.
They all came to borrow money under the pretext of having various difficulties.
For example, someone in the family is sick, or the family needs to build a house, or the child needs to go to school... all sorts of reasons.
The amount borrowed was quite substantial, often several hundred or even several thousand yuan.
"People these days are so jealous when they see others making money. As soon as they heard that our family had made some money, they all came to borrow money..."
"The key is that you don't usually see any difficulties, and they all seem to be doing better than us."
"That's right, and it's like they won't be able to make a living if we don't lend them money."
"These people are like grandpas when they borrow money, but when it comes to paying it back, they act like grandpas. You might not even get it back."
"That's right. I heard someone borrowed money from Uncle Qinghe last year, saying they'd pay it back by the New Year, but they haven't seen a trace of it since. Uncle Qinghe even went to their door to collect the debt, but they kicked him out..."
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
